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Personal info

Full name
DIPPEL, Albert Francis
Date of birth
26 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Hometown
Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35904651
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 17 7

Immediate family

Members
John A. Dippel (father)
Anette R. (Reeb) Dippel (mother)
John C. Dippel (brother)
Joyce R. Dippel (sister)
Doris M. Dippel (sister)
Margaret J. Dippel (sister)
Carol A. Dippel (sister)
Charlotte R. Dippel (sister)
Gloria M. Dippel (sister)
Daniel R. Dippel (brother)

More information

Pfc Albert F. Dippel spent several years studying for the priesthood at St. Meinard Abbey in Indiana after he graduated from their high school in 1941. He returned home after the death of his mother in 1944 to help his father to taking care of his brother and sisters.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 14 July 1944 and was sent overseas in December of the same year.

His brother John served in Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / Doughty Family Tree / Birth Record, www.findagrave.com - Stephen Dippel, Princeton Daily Clarion - 23 April 1945, St. Meinard Abbey

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Phyllis Corn (niece)